Brainstorming Good Affordable Southeastern Colleges (w/possible Design/Engingeering emphasis)

CollegeNerd67
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:49:38 +0000

I was somewhat surprised by the decrease in merit awards between my two daughters. Although they are 7 years apart which is a good bit of time, D21 had much higher test scores & gpa (other daughter had a little more rigor) but received less at the same schools that my older daughter received very generous awards from. Not sure if lower merit is a trend or if the competition has gotten that much better, or if colleges & universities are spreading it out among more applicants, or more people are hip to the merit hunt now. One nice surprise for D21 was getting merit from one of our in-state schools. I had no idea they would give anything to an in-state applicant who wasn’t at the very top of the stats.